June 05, 2009
VANCOUVER – Five B.C. First Nations artists were named as the recipients of the 2009 BC Creative Achievement Awards for Aboriginal Art today by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.
June 05, 2009
VANCOUVER – Premier Gordon Campbell made the following statement regarding the decision by Phil Fontaine to retire as the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations:
April 11, 2009
VICTORIA – The Province of British Columbia has granted $390,000 to the latest round of the Aboriginal Arts Development Awards, a significant increase over last year’s amount, Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Bill Bennett announced.
April 10, 2009
VICTORIA – Aboriginal youth are celebrated in the release of a DVD that features the successes of young, local Aboriginal athletes, announced Minister of Healthy Living and Sport Mary Polak.
April 09, 2009
FORT ST. JOHN – The Province is providing $65,000 in funding for the Fort St. John Friendship Society to run the Aboriginal Homeless Outreach Program in Fort St. John, announced Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman.
April 09, 2009
PORT ALBERNI — The Province has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with each of the five Maa-nulth First Nations that transfers ownership over key parcels of treaty settlement lands in advance of implementing their treaty, announced Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Michael de Jong.
April 08, 2009
KAMLOOPS – Aboriginal students, singles and families will have access to 19 new units of affordable housing at a $6.2-million development that officially broke ground today with the help of provincial and community partners, announced Claude Richmond, MLA for Kamloops.
April 07, 2009
KAMLOOPS – The Province and Stk’emlupsemc of the Secwepemc Nation (SSN) have signed a Mining and Minerals Agreement that will help to develop capacity to participate in, and benefit from, mining activities in its territory in the future, Minister of State for Mining Gordon Hogg announced.
April 06, 2009
QUEEN CHARLOTTE – The Province is providing $590,000 to the Council of the Haida Nation to support implementation of a Strategic Land-Use Agreement, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell announced on behalf of Agriculture and Lands Minister Ron Cantelon.
April 06, 2009
PORT CLEMENTS – Four forest workers will improve the local landfill thanks to $22,700 from the Community Development Trust’s Job Opportunities Program, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell and Community Development Minister Kevin Krueger announced.
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